From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 7 7:46:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2376237B400 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 07:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp11.singnet.com.sg (smtp11.singnet.com.sg [165.21.6.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12BD643E4A for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 07:46:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shanali@singapura.singnet.com.sg) Received: from singapura.singnet.com.sg (singapura.singnet.com.sg [165.21.10.10]) by smtp11.singnet.com.sg (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g67Ekb6o012393 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:46:37 +0800 (SGT) Received: (from shanali@localhost) by singapura.singnet.com.sg (8.8.5/8.7.2) id WAA24416 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:46:37 +0800 (SST) Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 22:46:37 +0800 From: S H A N To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Activating DMA for IDE drives Message-ID: <20020707144637.GB23710@singapura.singnet.com.sg> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020707101703.206fec98.yid@softhome.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020707101703.206fec98.yid@softhome.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, SYSCTL(8) has got the answer for you in FreeBSD. whichever parameter you tweak just remember to put them in /boot/loader.conf for activation at next boot. btw don't compare linux w/ BSD.. ever heard of http://www.linuxisforbitches.com/ ;) take a look and get a life. On Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 10:17:03AM -0400, Joshua Lee wrote: > How do I activate DMA for IDE hard drives and CD-ROMS? I remember Linux had something called hdparm for this, I'm sure BSD can do it too but I'm not sure how... > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- S H A N To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message